Balazs Gardi, 2010, 22 October, Portrait of photographer Teru Kuwayama, age 40, from New York City at Musa Qala District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49185

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 30 October, Cpl. Gretchn at Combat Outpost 7171. Cpl. Gretchn is IED Detector Dog with 1st Battalion 8th Marines Bravo Company, First Platoon. Photographed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49180

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 28 October, An Afghan National Army soldier sheltering his face with a plastic bag against dust storm at Combat Outpost 7171 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49179

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 31 October, US Marines, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49178

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 4 November, PFC. Trent Winstead, a 19-year-old from Alabama, at Patrol Base Talibjan. PFC. Winstead is a Pointman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon. Photographed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49176

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 5 November, Squad Leader Cpl. Michael Perry briefs Marines at Patrol Base Talibjan, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, before a military operation, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49182

Balazs Gardi, 2011, 19 February, From left to right: Members of the national female boxing team Fahima Rahimi (20) posees for a photograph with her sisters Shabnum (18) and Sadaf (17) in a gym at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49170

Balazs Gardi, 2011, 20 February, People walk inside the newly built Gulbahar Center in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49168

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 8 November, Tattooed US Marine at Patrol Base Talibjan, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49174

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 4 November, Elders from the village of Ahmed Khwazi meet US Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo Company, to discuss current issues at PB Talibjan in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49175

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 27 October, US Marines provide security during a tribal meeting or shura with villagers of Kunder in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, composite, Basetrack, LL/49177

Balazs Gardi, 2011, 23 February, District governor of Arghandab Hajji Shah Mohammed poses for a photograph at his office in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49169

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 25 October, Bottled water at Forward Operating Base Minden in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49173

Balazs Gardi, 2011, 18 February, Spectators watch the weekly dogfight in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghan men attend the dog fights during the winter season when public matches are held on every weekend in the outskirts of the Afghan capital., iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49171

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 5 November, 2nd Lt. Peter Carothers pauses before his unit starts a military operation in Musa Qala district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49184

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 28 October, A dust storm in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49186

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 10 November, Birthday cake to celebrate the 235th birthday of the Marine Corps served at the Camp Leatherneck dining facility, located in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49181

Balazs Gardi, 2011, 16 February, Orange colored corn bread at Shohada-e- Saliheen cemetery on a public holiday that marks the anniversary of the birthday of Prophet Mohammad in Kabul, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49172

Balazs Gardi, 2010, 7 November, LCpl. Kevin Daly during a military operation near Doghaka village in Musa Qala district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, iPhone, Hipstamatic, Basetrack, LL/49183